Johanna Beyer
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Composer Johanna Beyer's fascinating body of music and enigmatic life story constitute an important...
Harry Partch, Hobo Composer
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Harry Partch (1901-74) was one of the most distinctive and influential American composers of the...
Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System
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During the heyday of Hollywood's studio system, stars were carefully cultivated and promoted, but at...
Finding Ourselves at the Movies: Philosophy for a New Generation
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Academic philosophy may have lost its audience, but the traditional subjects of philosophy-love,...
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition: Cultural Contexts in Monty Python
Terry Jones and Tomasz Dobrogoszcz
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Monty Python's Flying Circus was one of the most important and influential cultural phenomena of the...
Race and the Politics of Deception: The Making of an American City
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What is the relationship between race and space, and how do racial politics inform the organization...
Directory of World Cinema: China 2
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Since the publication of the first volume of Directory of World Cinema: China, the Chinese film...
Why Science?: To Know, to Understand, and to Rely on Results
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This book aims to describe, for readers uneducated in science, the development of humanity's desire...
Levels of the Game
John McPhee and William Fiennes
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Described by Robert Lipsyte as 'the high point of American sports journalism', John McPhee's Levels...
World Railway Journeys: Discover 50 of the World's Greatest Railways
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Discover the fascinating histories and routes of 50 of the world's most scenic railways. Railway...